New Blu-ray/DVD Releases

[ChristineBCW]

THREADS and BED SITTING ROOM are, for me, rather lumped together and I have to remember which one makes me flinch and which one makes me squirm. 

For a first-time viewing of THREADS, I would counsel 'set expectations low'.

[Monsters For Sale]

... For a first-time viewing of THREADS, I would counsel 'set expectations low'. 

Having been made on a 1980's BBC TV budget, the production values may not be equal to Keanu Reeves' "Day the Earth Stood Still"...  But I know which one I'd be more likely to watch.

[Mike Scott]

I consider it a must for anyone collecting "after the bomb" movies.

I don't consciously collect them, but I'm sure I have quite a few and am always interested in seeing another one.

[Mike Scott]

THREADS and BED SITTING ROOM are, for me, rather lumped together .

I like BED SITTING ROOM! Full of that quirky Brit humor.

[Monsters For Sale]

I like BED SITTING ROOM! Full of that quirky Brit humor.

"God save Mrs. Ethel Shroake of 393A High Street, Leytonstone."


I've loved this movie ever since I caught it about 2:30 on TV many years ago.  Love that Malty Felman's binoculars were as crossed-eyed as he was.

[geezer butler]

Arrow Video announced some new titles today. They're releasing a spiffy new edition of The Last House On The Left, as well as new editions of the Kurt Russell film Dark Blue and monster movie Rawhead Rex getting UK only releases, and Death Smiles on a Murderer. However, one new set in particular has me very excited: Toho's trilogy of Japanese gothic horror vampire films, otherwise known as the Bloodthirsty Trilogy!



As far as I know, this is the first time the Bloodthirsty Trilogy has been given a nifty US release. Here are the other films they have announced:

Superpsyched about "Bloodthirsty Trilogy"!!!!!

[marsattacks666]

Between ARROW Video and Vinegar Syndrome, those companies have the goods

[Mord]

Having been made on a 1980's BBC TV budget, the production values may not be equal to Keanu Reeves' "Day the Earth Stood Still"... 

...not to mention Keanu's thespian credentials.

[marsattacks666]

...not to mention Keanu's thespian credentials.

[Monsters For Sale]

Return of the Living Dead - Part II - Blu-Ray - Shout Factory - Announced Release Date August 14, 2018

They are calling this thing a "Collector's Edition".  With any luck that will mean they will finally restore the original musical score that was replaced after the VHS release.  All of the DVD issues have the lousy substitute score.

[Monsters For Sale]

     The Tingler - Blu-Ray - Shout Factory - Announced Release Date August 21, 2018

I still remember seeing this for the first time in our little small town theater in 1959.

("Percepto" sounds like a quack medicine.)

[marsattacks666]

Blood Feast(1963/2018 Arrow Video)
Slaughterhouse(1987/2018 Vinegar Syndrome)

[capoetc]

     The Tingler - Blu-Ray - Shout Factory - Announced Release Date August 21, 2018

I still remember seeing this for the first time in our little small town theater in 1959.

("Percepto" sounds like a quack medicine.)

Love "The Tingler" ... do you recall if they had any of the "Percepto!" devices at the theater you saw the movie in?

[Monsters For Sale]

Love "The Tingler" ... do you recall if they had any of the "Percepto!" devices at the theater you saw the movie in?

Not in our little movie house.

The only special effects I remember in our theater were the mouth/armpit-produced fart sounds that punctuated love scenes during the Saturday kiddie matinees.

[ChristineBCW]

The only special effects I remember...

Not that anything else was ever needed.

We have a Thursday radio-theater troupe downtown that we often go to.  The 4 pm 'show' is a dress rehearsal, free to students so hundreds of kids show up.  They've all seen the value of Reading as a skill that must be accomplished.  That's the great news.

The downside?  They see all the sound-effects devices - shoes pattering up and down on wooden planks, crumpling cellophane for rain or fire, sometimes plastic bubble wrap for gunfire ("Rustlers!  Go get 'em!") so that households become filled with make-shift devices and kids who think about radio-theater performances on their own.

Then, we get home after pizza-on-the-street by 7 for the broadcast of the 'real' version and the kids are cracking up over sound effects, mostly.